A primary spherical Wimbledon match between Jodie Burrage and Lesia Tsurenko was introduced halt on Monday after a ball boy fell sick on the court docket sidelines.
British participant Burrage noticed the teenager was unwell and shortly rushed over to assist, offering him with a drink and feeding him Percy Pigs supplied by a kind-hearted spectator.
The 23-year-old then stayed by his facet for a number of minutes whereas they waited for assist, with Burrage capable of proceed together with her match as soon as medics arrived to Courtroom 18.
As reported by the Mirror, her actions had been praised by followers who additionally questioned how help took so lengthy to show up.
The @TennisPodcast account summarised the incident on Twitter, posting: "On Courtroom 18, Jodie Burrage was fast to identify an unwell ballboy. Rushed to the chair to get him some sports activities drink, stayed with him as assist took a very long time to reach.
"Then began feeding him Percy Pigs, supplied by a useful spectator." @ZoeAnderson added: "Seeing Jodie Burrage sharing her Percy Pigs with the poorly ball boy has given my day a raise!"
Nevertheless, @GrahamG14843952 echoed the feelings of many who had been left involved by the obvious lack of employees: "Unimaginable that at a multi million pound match, NO medical assist got here - and a PLAYER had to assist the poor child."
@richard_conway opted for a extra comical take, posting: "Jodie Burrage serving to a poorly ball boy at Wimbledon and feeding him some Percy Pigs because the rain clears. Throw an entertaining pigeon into the combo and that’s Wimbledon bingo."
Ukrainian participant Tsurenko, who had already taken the primary set 6-2, was unmoved by the drama. And when play restarted, she cemented her grip on the conflict, breaking Burrage earlier than consolidating it to open up a 5-3 lead.
And there, the 33-year-old broke her opponent once more to seal a spot within the second spherical. Yet another win and she or he'll emulate her greatest ever match at Wimbledon, having reached the third spherical in 2017.
The conflict represented a second look at SW19 for Burrage, following her match debut final 12 months. The present world No 141 additionally went out within the first spherical on that event.
A minimum of Burrage and Tusrenko had been capable of full their conflict, with rain anticipated to delay proceedings afterward Monday. That will not have an effect on Centre Courtroom, the place defending males's champion Novak Djokovic will get issues underway in opposition to South Korean participant Kwon Quickly-woo.
Following Djokovic, Emma Raducanu will debut on the showpiece court docket in opposition to Belgian star Alison Van Uytvanck. After which Andy Murray will spherical issues off when he will get his marketing campaign underway in a conflict with Australia's James Duckworth.
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